Miranda Lambert Shows Support for Fellow Texas Songwriters on Hard Candy Christmas Tour
– – – – – – – – –
You only have to pay mild attention to Miranda Lambert’s music career to know her support of true American songwriters is far from skin deep. Her latest record The Weight of These Wings has a monster list of contributing songwriters, and she’s been known to get a wild hair and drive for miles to see someone like John Moreland play a dive bar.
A similar scenario played out Friday night (12-9) in Austin, TX when Miranda Lambert showed up to support four Texas songwriters at the Saxon Pub despite temperatures flirting with sub freezing. Dubbed the Hard Candy Christmas Tour, Courtney Patton, Jamie Lin Wilson, Brennen Leigh, and Sunny Sweeney played their 3rd stop on the 12-date tour that will take them next into the Midwest (see dates below).
Jamie Lin Wilson is the songwriting maven known for her work with The Trishas and others whose 2015 record Holidays and Wedding Rings people still are raving about. Courtney Patton is one of the most important voices in Texas country, and is prepping the release of a duets album with her husband and fellow songwriter Jason Eady in early 2017. Sunny Sweeney is the former major label signee with a Top 10 single that has returned to Texas to get back to her songwriting roots and is releasing a new album Trophy in March, and Brennen Leigh is the formidable front person for the new band High Plains Jamboree whose been the heart of numerous Austin-based country bands and recently put out a tribute to Lefty Frizzell.
One is good enough, but together these songwriters equal a sum greater than their parts. Miranda Lambert seems to agree.
Kent
December 10, 2016 @ 10:48 am
Sorry for being completely off topic but I just can’t help myself.. I just had to tell someone…
I have just watched Patti Smith sing “A Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall” at the Nobel awards ceremony. And it was one of the most beutifull, honest and naked performance I’ve seen in my whole life. She was so nervous that she forgot the words and she stopped singing and sad: “Sorry I’m so nervous” but she continued the song and she SPELLBOUND these aristocrats and “upper class people” in the audience…And I cried for the first time in years. If a recording of that performance gets uploaded to youtube watch it…God bless her for ever…
Mark
December 11, 2016 @ 10:05 am
thanks a lot Kent
Kent
December 11, 2016 @ 11:27 am
You’re welcome.Jag was a little nervous about whether to post the that comment or not, since it was not only off topic, but also not Country. (Even though the arrangement did have a touch of Country) But It was such a captivating performance….
Gena R.
December 11, 2016 @ 12:29 pm
She must have been a bundle of pure nerves up there; what a powerful song and performance. 🙂
Kent
December 11, 2016 @ 1:24 pm
“She must have been a bundle of pure nerves up there”
Yes she was. But you can both see and hear how she finally gets her confidence back. In the last verses she is herself again and her voice became strong and powerful.
And after seeing this performance a few times I, to my delight sow, that some people on the right balcony dared to go against traditions and etiquette. And give her a standing ovation. (The etiquette says that no one is allowed to rise unless the King does…)
Kent
December 10, 2016 @ 11:16 am
Here is a link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvZmrygK3F0&feature=youtu.be&t=1h3m11s
albert
December 10, 2016 @ 4:56 pm
Thank you SO MUCH for posting this link Kent . Like you …I’m sitting here in a puddle of tears .
SOOOO beautiful ….
Kent
December 10, 2016 @ 6:36 pm
Oh you’r so welcome. So happy that someone else loved as much as I did…
Adrian
December 10, 2016 @ 12:06 pm
I thought it was interesting that Miranda named her tour the “Hard Candy Christmas Tour”. We rarely hear songs like Dolly’s “Hard Candy Christmas” any more. It doesn’t jive with holiday celebrations where people try to act like everything’s great even when it’s not. And it’s too country for today’s audiences. I recall hearing the song in 2008 and it really sank in, because times were not good and we were just trying to make the best of the situation we had.
Jack Williams
December 10, 2016 @ 1:41 pm
It’s not her tour.
Jack Williams
December 10, 2016 @ 1:43 pm
…whose 2015 record Holidays and Wedding Rings people still are raving about.
Yes, indeed.
Rick
December 10, 2016 @ 3:56 pm
If I promise the gals weather in the 60’s or 70’s (F) can I entice them to book a date here in Los Angeles? I didn’t think so….Dang! (lol) Sunny and Brennen need to come back to LA pronto!
Richard
December 11, 2016 @ 4:08 pm
+1 on Sunny and Brennen needing to get to L.A. Both have done some great music. Saw Brennen at SXSW a few years back, but have never seen Sunny. Hopefully there will be some broader touring behind the new album.
Frank the Tank
December 11, 2016 @ 5:21 pm
Does anyone know if any of these artists (other than Miranda Lambert) ever tour up in Canada? I’d love to see any or all of them. Holidays and Weddings Rings was my favourite album of 2015.
Keith
December 13, 2016 @ 9:14 am
We had Courtney Patton and her husband Jason Eady in Grande Prairie, Alberta twice and are hoping to repeat it soon. They put on a great show!
Frank the Tank
December 18, 2016 @ 12:13 am
Oh cool – thanks. I would love to see them. I’ll make sure to keep an eye on their tour dates.
OMFS88
December 12, 2016 @ 9:56 am
LOL @ “despite temperatures flirting with sub freezing”.
Y’all Texans are spoiled.
Corncaster
December 12, 2016 @ 7:04 pm
maybe it’s just me, but the more Miranda does this, the sexier she gets
carry on
Kidjohn
December 16, 2016 @ 8:38 am
I was lucky enough to see the show last night in Minneapolis. About 100 folks witnessed more talent on stage in 90 minutes than you would hear on radio in a month of Sundays. Sensitive, strong and sassy these women are truly wonderful artists!